SQL Server Job Trends in England

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring SQL Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 73 33
Rank change year-on-year -50 -40 +18
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server 1,299 1,565 4,676
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.57% 3.97% 5.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 18.16% 23.97% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,111 1,133 4,055
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% +0.08% -2.65%
75th Percentile £71,750 £71,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,759
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.08% +0.08% -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
England

SQL Server falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,152 6,528 15,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.66% 16.56% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,671 4,354 11,476
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SQL Server job vacancy trend in England

SQL Server
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SQL Server

SQL Server
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server in England

SQL Server
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -19 387 £70,000 -1.41% 139
South East +11 320 £47,500 -5.00% 106
North of England -66 247 £50,000 -1.96% 81
North West -30 167 £50,000 -1.75% 48
Midlands -73 162 £55,000 +10.00% 60
South West -30 103 £55,000 +10.00% 37
West Midlands -54 96 £55,000 -4.35% 38
East Midlands -50 66 £50,000 +3.09% 22
East of England -62 59 £45,000 +2.27% 23
Yorkshire -92 58 £45,000 -14.29% 25
North East -60 22 £57,500 +16.75% 9
SQL Server
UK

SQL Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 82 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 53 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (3.77%) IIS
4 27 (2.08%) Confluence
5 10 (0.77%) Apache
6 8 (0.62%) Appian
6 8 (0.62%) CMS
7 6 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.38%) WordPress
9 4 (0.31%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.31%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.077%) Drupal
11 1 (0.077%) nginx
11 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.077%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.077%) WildFly
Applications
1 31 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 31 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.077%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (0.77%) Magento
4 9 (0.69%) Fidessa
4 9 (0.69%) Shopify
5 5 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.31%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.31%) Primavera
7 3 (0.23%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.077%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 719 (55.35%) Azure
2 193 (14.86%) Power Platform
3 167 (12.86%) AWS
4 150 (11.55%) Microsoft 365
5 119 (9.16%) SaaS
6 109 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (5.62%) Snowflake
8 71 (5.47%) PaaS
9 68 (5.23%) Power Automate
10 66 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 65 (5.00%) Serverless
12 64 (4.93%) Azure AI
13 59 (4.54%) IaaS
14 55 (4.23%) Azure Machine Learning
15 52 (4.00%) GitHub
16 50 (3.85%) Entra ID
17 49 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
18 43 (3.31%) PowerApps
19 40 (3.08%) Azure Functions
20 34 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 101 (7.78%) Firewall
2 82 (6.31%) DNS
3 80 (6.16%) VPN
4 75 (5.77%) DHCP
5 58 (4.46%) VLAN
6 52 (4.00%) SAN
7 47 (3.62%) Wi-Fi
8 37 (2.85%) TCP/IP
9 32 (2.46%) WAN
10 29 (2.23%) LAN
11 23 (1.77%) Internet
12 15 (1.15%) VoIP
13 14 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
14 10 (0.77%) Network Security
15 8 (0.62%) DMZ
15 8 (0.62%) iSCSI
15 8 (0.62%) MQTT
16 6 (0.46%) Multicast
17 5 (0.38%) Intranet
17 5 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (12.32%) Power BI
2 93 (7.16%) MySQL
3 90 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
4 79 (6.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 78 (6.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 71 (5.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 66 (5.08%) Relational Database
8 57 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
9 36 (2.77%) MongoDB
10 30 (2.31%) NoSQL
10 30 (2.31%) Oracle Database
11 24 (1.85%) Db2
12 15 (1.15%) Data Lake
13 13 (1.00%) DynamoDB
13 13 (1.00%) Redis
13 13 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 11 (0.85%) Tableau
15 10 (0.77%) Metabase
15 10 (0.77%) Power Query
16 8 (0.62%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 70 (5.39%) Git
2 56 (4.31%) JIRA
3 26 (2.00%) Visual Studio
4 20 (1.54%) Chocolatey
5 19 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 19 (1.46%) TeamCity
6 12 (0.92%) Octopus Deploy
6 12 (0.92%) Selenium
7 9 (0.69%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.62%) MLflow
9 7 (0.54%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.38%) GitLab
11 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.31%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.31%) NUnit
11 4 (0.31%) Postman
11 4 (0.31%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.31%) TestRail
11 4 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 326 (25.10%) Finance
2 298 (22.94%) Social Skills
3 168 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.08%) Law
5 76 (5.85%) Banking
6 42 (3.23%) Retail
7 40 (3.08%) Legal
8 31 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (1.39%) Back Office
12 18 (1.39%) Public Sector
13 16 (1.23%) Front Office
14 10 (0.77%) Advertising
15 9 (0.69%) Automotive
15 9 (0.69%) Marketing
16 8 (0.62%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.54%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 452 (34.80%) Developer
2 271 (20.86%) Senior
3 157 (12.09%) Software Developer
4 117 (9.01%) Analyst
5 86 (6.62%) DBA
6 81 (6.24%) Data Engineer
7 79 (6.08%) Senior Developer
8 78 (6.00%) .NET Developer
9 77 (5.93%) SQL Developer
10 75 (5.77%) Support Analyst
11 73 (5.62%) Azure Engineer
12 70 (5.39%) C# Developer
13 68 (5.23%) Lead
14 66 (5.08%) IT Engineer
14 66 (5.08%) Software Engineer
15 65 (5.00%) Applications Support
16 64 (4.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 62 (4.77%) SQL DBA
18 57 (4.39%) Full-Stack Developer
19 56 (4.31%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 441 (33.95%) .NET
2 143 (11.01%) .NET Core
3 142 (10.93%) CSS
4 136 (10.47%) ASP.NET
5 117 (9.01%) HTML
6 89 (6.85%) .NET Framework
7 87 (6.70%) REST
8 73 (5.62%) React
9 67 (5.16%) jQuery
10 59 (4.54%) AngularJS
11 55 (4.23%) Entity Framework
12 51 (3.93%) RESTful
13 38 (2.93%) ASP.NET Core
14 37 (2.85%) Blazor
15 35 (2.69%) Vue
16 33 (2.54%) Node.js
17 32 (2.46%) XML
18 30 (2.31%) Web Services
19 29 (2.23%) HTML5
20 25 (1.92%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 61 (4.70%) Cloud Native
2 59 (4.54%) Replication
3 49 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
4 41 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 39 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (2.23%) Legacy Applications
6 29 (2.23%) Low-Code
7 28 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 21 (1.62%) Clustering
8 21 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (1.62%) Virtual Team
9 20 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
9 20 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.39%) EPoS
10 18 (1.39%) Product Ownership
11 17 (1.31%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.15%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 268 (20.63%) Windows
2 143 (11.01%) Windows Server
3 111 (8.55%) Linux
4 19 (1.46%) VMS
4 19 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (0.54%) Android
7 7 (0.54%) Unix
8 6 (0.46%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.38%) CentOS
9 5 (0.38%) Debian
10 3 (0.23%) Solaris
10 3 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
2 284 (21.86%) Agile
3 219 (16.86%) DevOps
4 206 (15.86%) CI/CD
5 192 (14.78%) Business Intelligence
6 190 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (14.01%) AI
8 165 (12.70%) Migration
9 140 (10.78%) Data Engineering
10 139 (10.70%) Computer Science
11 138 (10.62%) Software Engineering
12 134 (10.32%) Analytics
13 130 (10.01%) Roadmaps
14 120 (9.24%) Full-Stack Development
15 114 (8.78%) ETL
16 106 (8.16%) Data Modelling
17 102 (7.85%) Performance Tuning
18 101 (7.78%) Mentoring
19 98 (7.54%) Data Architecture
19 98 (7.54%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 680 (52.35%) SQL
2 438 (33.72%) C#
3 190 (14.63%) Python
4 153 (11.78%) JavaScript
5 139 (10.70%) PowerShell
6 111 (8.55%) T-SQL
7 68 (5.23%) PHP
8 66 (5.08%) Java
9 61 (4.70%) TypeScript
10 30 (2.31%) C++
11 25 (1.92%) Bash
12 24 (1.85%) Shell Script
12 24 (1.85%) VB.NET
13 19 (1.46%) Delphi
13 19 (1.46%) R
14 17 (1.31%) VBA
15 14 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 14 (1.08%) PL/SQL
16 13 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.92%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 191 (14.70%) Degree
2 99 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 46 (3.54%) Azure Certification
4 40 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (2.54%) Security Cleared
6 16 (1.23%) DBS Check
7 15 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (0.92%) CCNP
8 12 (0.92%) SC Cleared
9 9 (0.69%) MCSA
10 8 (0.62%) CCNA
10 8 (0.62%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.62%) MCSE
11 6 (0.46%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 5 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.38%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 62 (4.77%) SLA
3 46 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (3.23%) GDPR
4 42 (3.23%) QA
5 29 (2.23%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.46%) NIST
9 5 (0.38%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.23%) COBIT
11 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.23%) PMO
11 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.15%) HL7
12 2 (0.15%) ITGC
13 1 (0.077%) DICOM
System Software
1 175 (13.47%) Active Directory
2 99 (7.62%) Docker
3 64 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
4 38 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (2.08%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.69%) vSphere
8 8 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 7 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.23%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.15%) Samba
13 1 (0.077%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.077%) Firmware
13 1 (0.077%) MetaFrame
13 1 (0.077%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.077%) Xen
13 1 (0.077%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 77 (5.93%) Terraform
2 74 (5.70%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.85%) SCCM
5 18 (1.39%) Ansible
6 17 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.77%) Grafana
8 8 (0.62%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.62%) Puppet
9 7 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.46%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.38%) Control-M
11 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.31%) Galera Cluster
12 4 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
13 3 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.23%) WSUS
14 2 (0.15%) Nagios
Vendors
1 579 (44.57%) Microsoft
2 125 (9.62%) Oracle
3 93 (7.16%) Databricks
4 83 (6.39%) VMware
5 28 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 26 (2.00%) Dynatrace
6 26 (2.00%) iManage
7 22 (1.69%) Cisco
8 21 (1.62%) Tenable
9 20 (1.54%) AppDynamics
10 19 (1.46%) Citrix
10 19 (1.46%) Salesforce
11 17 (1.31%) OpenAI
11 17 (1.31%) Red Hat
12 14 (1.08%) Dell
12 14 (1.08%) Veeam
13 12 (0.92%) Google
14 10 (0.77%) HP
15 9 (0.69%) IBM
15 9 (0.69%) Sybase